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Verse 8. _I HAVE HEARD THE REPROACH OF MOAB_] God punished them for
the cruel part they had taken in the persecutions of the Jews; for
when they lay under the displeasure of God, these nations insult...
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I - Dionysius: “God, Who know all things, “I heard” that is,
have known within Me, in My mind, not anew but from eternity, and now
I shew in effect that I know it; wherefore I say that I hear, because...
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CHAPTER S 2-3:8
The Call to Repentance in View of the Judgment
_ 1. The call to repentance (Zephaniah 2:1) _
2. The judgment of the Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4)
3. The judgment of Moab and Ammon (Z...
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Into the natural context of the passage a later writer has woven a
prophecy of vengeance on Moab and Ammon for their revilings and
insults heaped upon Judah (on the day of Jerusalem's downfall), For
t...
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I HAVE HEARD. Supply the logical _Ellipsis_ (App-6): "[My judgment
shall come upon Moab], for. have heard", &c, as in Zephaniah 2:8, &c.
MOAB. Compare Isaiah 1. and Isaiah 16;...
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Moab and Ammon
8. _I have heard the reproach of Moab_ It is the Lord who speaks. The
"reproach" or contempt of Moab is most likely that expressed in words,
not that exhibited m insulting deeds; cf. Je...
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The judgment of the Day of the Lord upon the nations
The nations on whom the impending judgment shall fall are: (1) the
Philistines (Zephaniah 2:4); (2) Moab and Ammon (Zephaniah 2:8); (3)
Cush or th...
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_GOD'S JUDGMENT AGAINST THE MOABITES AND AMMONITES -- ZEPHANIAH
2:8-11:_ God next dealt with the children of Moab and the children of
Ammon, Judah's neighbors to the east. These heathen nations had
in...
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CHAPTER XXI
THE JUDGMENT OF GOD IS UNIVERSAL
Zephaniah 2:4-15
RV. For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall
_drive out_ Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up. Woe u...
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I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children
of Ammon, whereby they have I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the
revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have repro...
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JEHOVAH'S IMPENDING JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH'S NEIGHBOURS AND FOES
The universal note which is struck in Zechariah 1:2 is now further
amplified. Jehovah's agents of punishment, the Scythians, shall carry...
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THE PROBLEM OF ASSYRIA
BOOK OF ZEPHANIAH
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
CHAPTER 2
V1 Come together. Come together, (people from) the country that will
not be ashamed!
V2 (Come together) before:...
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(4-15) Jehovah’s chastisement of foreign powers. These Divine
visitations are introduced somewhat abruptly. The connection is
perhaps that they are intended to lead God’s people to repent, and
put the...
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REPROACH. — _i.e.,_ abusive speech, or offensive design expressed in
words. Balak’s appeal to Balaam, “Come, curse me this people,”
at once suggests itself. We may instance also the conspiracy describ...
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(8-11) The sentence against Moab and Ammon, the descendants of Lot and
the enemies of God’s people, even in the post-exilic period, comp.
Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 4:3;...
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שָׁמַ֨עְתִּי֙ חֶרְפַּ֣ת מֹואָ֔ב וְ
גִדּוּפֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י...
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NINIVE DELENDA
Zephaniah 2:4
THERE now come a series of articles on foreign nations, connected with
the previous prophecy by the conjunction for, and detailing the
worldwide judgment which it had pr...
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THE PROPHET AND THE REFORMERS
Zephaniah 1:1 - Zephaniah 2:3
TOWARDS the year 625, when King Josiah had passed out of his minority,
and was making his first efforts at religious reform, prophecy, lon...
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MEEKNESS SAVES, PRIDE DESTROYS
Zephaniah 2:1-15
The nation, on the whole, had no remorse, no desire for God; but there
were a few meek and lowly souls, and the hope was held out to them
that they wou...
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After this declaration, the prophet uttered his great appeal, first to
the nation as a whole, calling on it to pull itself together before
the opportunity for repentance should pass, before the hour o...
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_Borders, helping the Chaldeans. This brought on their ruin. (St.
Jerome) --- They were always disposed to seize the country._...
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"I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children
of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified
themselves against their border. (9) Therefore as I live, saith th...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
Zephaniah like Habakkuk will be found to have some points of
resemblance with the prophet Jeremiah; and this not merely in the fact
that the Chaldean is the...
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The Prophet confirms what I have just said of God’s vengeance
against foreign enemies. Though all the neighboring nations had been
eager in their hostility to the Jews, yet we know that more hatred,
y...
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Chapter 2, while revealing the character of the nation, addresses
itself to her, in order that all those at least who fear Jehovah may
be hidden in the day of His anger. They are called to gather
them...
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I HAVE HEARD THE REPROACH OF MOAB, AND THE REVILINGS OF THE CHILDREN
OF AMMON,.... Two people that descended from Lot, through incest with
his daughters; and are therefore mentioned together, as being...
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I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children
of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified
[themselves] against their border.
Ver. 8. _I have heard the repro...
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_I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of Ammon_ These
countries were destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, about five years after the
destruction of Jerusalem: see the places referred to in the...
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I have heard the reproach of Moab, Cf Jeremiah 48:27, AND THE
REVILINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMAN, the two nations east of Jordan and
of the Dead Sea, which were related to the children of Israel, but...
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THE DOOR OF MOAB, AMMAN, AND ASSYRIA...
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4-15 Those are really in a woful condition who have the word of the
Lord against them, for no word of his shall fall to the ground. God
will restore his people to their rights, though long kept from...
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I HAVE HEARD: either the prophet for himself, or for the people,
speaks this; or else, more likely, in the name of God, assures the
Jews that God had heard, observed, resented, and was highly displeas...
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Zephaniah 2:8 heard H8085 (H8804) reproach H2781 Moab H4124 insults
H1421 people H1121 Ammon H5983 reproached H2778
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MOAB AND AMMON (ZEPHANIAH 2:8).
Zephaniah 2:8
“I have heard the reproach of Moab,
And the revilings of the children of Ammon,
With which they have reproached my people,
And magnified themselves a...
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CONTENTS: Call to remnant of Israel in the day of the Lord. Judgment
threatened upon Assyria, Philistia and other nations.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The nations that rebel against the precepts of...
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Zephaniah 2:1. _Gather yourselves together,_ for fasting and prayer,
_oh nation not desired,_ whose practices are lothed and abhorred; a
nation whom God will not own as his chosen people.
Zephaniah 2:...
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_I have heard the reproach of Moab._
THE PERSECUTION OF THE GOOD
I. That good men are often subject to annoyances from the ungodly
world. “I have heard the reproach [abuse] of Moab, and the revilings...
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ZEPHANIAH 2:4 Nations Warned. As in Amos 1:3, this passage first
focuses on Israel’s neighbors and enemies (Zephaniah 2:4), whom
Judah would
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ZEPHANIAH—NOTE ON ZEPHANIAH 2:8 These verbal TAUNTS and REVILINGS
(Zephaniah 3:18;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ZEPHANIAH 2:8. MOAB] and Ammon rejoiced in the calamity of the Jews.
Compare parallel prophecies against Moab (Isaiah 15, 16; Jeremiah 48;
Amos 2:1), and Ammon ...
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EXPOSITION.
VERSE 2:1-3:8
Part II. EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE AND TO PERSEVERANCE.
ZEPHANIAH 2:1
§ 1. The prophet urges all to examine their ways before the day of
the Lord come; and he prays the ri...
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Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired
(Zephaniah 2:1);
Now that "not desired" in the Hebrew literally means "a nation that
knows no shame." They were doing shameful t...
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Amos 1:13; Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 25:8; Ezekiel 36:2; Jeremiah 48:27
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I — God. Magnified themselves — Invading their frontiers....